Necktie pin



Sept. 27, 1938. M. s. ClRELLl 2,131,311

NECKTIE PIN Filed 'May 31, 1938 CireZZi Patented Sept. 27, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in articles for holding neckties to shape and keeping them taut around the collar.

The invention has for its particular object to provide a simple, inexpensive article for such purpose, which is easy to apply and is sufiiciently flexible as to give, when necessary, to prevent tearing the tie.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out thereinafter.

To the attainment of the above objects and ends theinvention still further resides in those novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts all of which -will be first fully described in the detailed description and then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a tie using my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the article constituting my invention.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the blank from which the body of the holder is made.

In the drawing, in which like numbers of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, I is the body, 2 the knot, 3 theneck or collar-encircling portion, and 4 the tail of the tie. The tie may be any iour-in-hand tie.

My invention comprises a body 5 preferably of sheet metal having wings 6 and l, the body being slit at 8 so that the wings may be bent around the knot loop 9 and around the radial arms formed by core wires 10 wound tightly with spring wire II. The bent-over sides 15 of the Wings 6 serve to clamp the arms firmly to the body 5, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The wires 10 at the outer ends of the coils II are looped, at l2, and pointed at 13 to serve as pins to penetrate the fabric of the tie body I and tail 4, as indicated in Fig. 2.

In using the article, after tying the tie in the usual way and adjusting it around the collar, the loop 9 is slipped into the knot 2 on the back side of the tie and the pins l3 are stuck into the body I and tail 4 of the tie.

Any body movements or strains on the tie, which might occur in use, will not bend or displace the article because of the springy nature of the arms having the pins 13. These arms will flex until such strains shall have been removed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is thought that the construction, use and advantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled in the art to which it relates.

What I claim is:

1. An article of the class described, comprising a body having a tie-knot shape-holding loop and three radial arms, said arms each including a core wire and a coil-wire sheath, the core wire Wings, a pair of transverse springy arms secured W by others of said wings to said body and terminating in tie-engaging pins, and a third springy arm secured by another of said wings to said body to lie normal to said pair of arms, said third arm also terminating in a tie-engaging pin.

4. An article of the class described, comprising a sheet metal body having wings with bendable portions forming clamps, a tie-knot shapeholding loop secured to said body by one of said wings, and a pair of transverse springy arms secured by others of said wings to said body and terminating in tie-engaging pins, each of said arms comprising a core wire and a sheath wire coiled about said core wire, said core wire projecting beyond the outer end of the coil and being coiled and pointed to constitute the tie-engaging pin.

5. An article of the class described, comprising a sheet metal body having wings with bendable portions forming clamps, a tie-knot shapeholding loop secured to said body by one of said wings, a pair of transverse springy arms secured by others of said wings to said body and terminating in tie-engaging pins, and a third springy arm secured by another of said wings to said' body to lie normal to said pair of arms, said third arm also terminating in a tie-engaging pin, each of said arms comprising a core wire and a sheath Wire coiled about said core Wire, said core wire projecting beyond the outer end of the coil and being coiled andpointed to constitute the tie-engaging pin.

MICHAEL S. CIRELLI. 

